Finisar Intros WaveShaper

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) today introduced WaveShaper, a family of programmable optical processors, at the Fiber Optics Expo in Tokyo. These dynamically reconfigurable optical processors can produce highly flexible wavelength switching and filtering that is critical in DWDM system and component testing, optical pulse shaping and control, and general optics research and development. It is well-suited for telecom equipment and systems manufacturers, R&D laboratories, and universities.

Based on Finisar's internally developed Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) technology, the WaveShaper processor family comprises the WaveShaper 1000E Programmable Optical Filter and the WaveShaper 4000E Multiport Optical Processor. Both instruments provide extremely fine control of optical filtering and attenuation to combine the functionality of multiple optical instruments into a single, high-performance platform. In addition, the WaveShaper 4000E Multiport Optical Processor can generate the dynamically reconfigurable filter profiles required for switching channels in a Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS), greatly extending the range of functions and tests available to users. Key features common to all members of the WaveShaper family include:

"The precision and flexibility of the WaveShaper 4000E is remarkable," said Professor Arthur Lowery of Monash University, Australia. "While there are other optical processors on the market, none of them offer the control, programmability, or switching capabilities provided by Finisar's WaveShaper."

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